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[Q] HELP! Bricked!

I just bricked my rooted T989. Nothing happens when I hit power (no display) and my PC does not show the drives when I connect via USB. I have tried vol buttons + power (with battery and [no battery + cable]). Does anyone have any ideas as to what I should try next? Is TMO likely to replace/repair my phone even though it had been rooted?

Have you tried getting into download mode? And what caused the brick?
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I was flashing a new ROM and it bricked when it finished flashing. It just never rebooted. I can't get into download mode.

TomSilverSpring said:
I was flashing a new ROM and it bricked when it finished flashing. It just never rebooted. I can't get into download mode.
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What rom did you flash?
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This is really embarassing but I somehow stumbled up WickedRom, which is for the I9100, somehow thought it was for T989, and tried to flash it. Obviously a major league screw up. I have requested a replacement from TMO. I just hope they don't hit me with a major financial penalty if Samsung notices that it has been rooted (it was rooted when I tried flashing WickedRom).

TomSilverSpring said:
This is really embarassing but I somehow stumbled up WickedRom, which is for the I9100, somehow thought it was for T989, and tried to flash it. Obviously a major league screw up. I have requested a replacement from TMO. I just hope they don't hit me with a major financial penalty if Samsung notices that it has been rooted (it was rooted when I tried flashing WickedRom).
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Same thing happened here... I was odining back to stock and the power in my office at work went out... total fail. All Black, no power button, battery pull or Jig will make the phone do anything... anyone find a work around for this... I did this to my VIB before and was able to get it to work again but this just feels bad. Any help is appreciated. Los Angeles area dev's feel free to come play with it.

hey i know im new here but i got the answer... u need 2 odin back 2 stock 4 download mode pull battery plug usb into computer then 2 phone hold vol up and trackpad then insert battery and u will be in download mode also if using CWM dont fix permissions and also dont forget 2 place unzipped recovery file in /system/bin folder and overwrite it over existing file also make sure that cache, data, sdcard ,and system are all unmounted in mounts option of recovery took me 3 days of flashin back 2 stock with odin and soft bricking my phone 2 figure this out hope it helps

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1358401
perhaps people should have shown a bit more support?

Your fault !
Damn that sounds bad, big mistake on your part though, differentiating between i9100 and T-989 is key, among the other models too.

Mine did the same thing after doing a backup. I'm in the 30 day grace period and I'm gonna try to take it back in.. Hopefully I get away with it unless I find a way to fix it

blakemoo said:
Same thing happened here... I was odining back to stock and the power in my office at work went out... total fail. All Black, no power button, battery pull or Jig will make the phone do anything... anyone find a work around for this... I did this to my VIB before and was able to get it to work again but this just feels bad. Any help is appreciated. Los Angeles area dev's feel free to come play with it.
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The power going out Iz the biggest fail ever....definitely my biggest fear and always in back of my head while using odin
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TomSilverSpring said:
This is really embarassing but I somehow stumbled up WickedRom, which is for the I9100, somehow thought it was for T989, and tried to flash it. Obviously a major league screw up. I have requested a replacement from TMO. I just hope they don't hit me with a major financial penalty if Samsung notices that it has been rooted (it was rooted when I tried flashing WickedRom).
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my brother did this exact same thing to our neighbors phone, flashed a I9100 rom into a T989 phone and now it wont turn on at all. unfortunately dont have warranty or insurance. whats the fix to this? will the jig work? or is the phone an expensive paper weight? thanks for any help.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zN7le4GmxZs&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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h0use gr00ves said:
my brother did this exact same thing to our neighbors phone, flashed a I9100 rom into a T989 phone and now it wont turn on at all. unfortunately dont have warranty or insurance. whats the fix to this? will the jig work? or is the phone an expensive paper weight? thanks for any help.
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Only way is to send it to Samsung or get it JTAG. JTAG will probably be cheaper.

[Q] Galaxy Nexus is bricked. Any ideas?

Hi,
About 1,5 months ago I received my first Android phone, a Galaxy Nexus.
I have unlocked the bootloader, rooted it en eventually installed Clockwork Mod Recovery following guides on this excellent forum! Everything went perfectly and it ran very smoothly in that state for about half a month up until yesterday.
I didn't have any custom roms installed, so I received the notification for the Android 4.0.2 update, it failed because of Clockwork Mod which I later found out. So I set about to manually install it, I downloaded the image from the google site and placed it in my home directory on my Phone, when I then wanted to restart to start in recovery mode it didn't do anything.
I tried getting the battery out and in, sim card out and in, recharging it,...
It does nothing, not even a small vibration signaling the phone is trying to start.
Anyone has any ideas to fix it, or might it be possible to send it back to the shop ( even though it is rooted etc. ?)
Thanks in advance,
Exatto

You need to get the stock images and flash using Odin or the ADB/Fastboot method. After which the phone will return to stock. Then you can root and do what you like. Lots of guieds on here on how to do it. Good luck.
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By the way if you send back a rooted phone they will tell you to take a jump. Rooting voids the warranty.

No response at all? A real brick?
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Can you get into download mode? If you can you can use any of the methods above to sort it.

I don't think there is a real brick. There are restore images. Extremely hard to brick a nexus...borderline impossible.

Yeah I have never heard of a "real" bricked Nexus.

jd1001 said:
Can you get into download mode? If you can you can use any of the methods above to sort it.
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No, that's the point. I can't get in any modes. It does't react at all. I think it might be a hardware fault, a friend suggested it might be due to a short circuit battery.
I just followed this guide (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1419170) to update, using method 1, having clockwork mod installed. And when I shut it down to restart in recovery mode it suddenly stopped reacting. I have had this before, but then taking the battery in and out fixed everything. Now it doesn't anymore.

Cool, well if removing the battery for a few minutes doesnt sort it then you should be able to return it because the carrier won't be able to tell if it is rooted if they can't turn it on.
When you charge it do you get the charging battery icon when you press the power button?

stkiswr said:
I don't think there is a real brick. There are restore images. Extremely hard to brick a nexus...borderline impossible.
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But I can't do anything with a restore image when I can't even get it started, let alone be recognized by my computer?
P.S.: Sorry for the late reply, but apparently I still have to wait 5 minutes in between posts.

Can you see the charging battery icon when the phone is off and plugged into the wall?

jd1001 said:
Cool, well if removing the battery for a few minutes doesnt sort it then you should be able to return it because the carrier won't be able to tell if it is rooted if they can't turn it on.
When you charge it do you get the charging battery icon when you press the power button?
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No, not a charging sign. I hope I can return it, but what if the battery is faulty and they just pop a new one in and then see that it is rooted?
Thanks for the help.

Could well be a dead battery dude, if you have a mate with a Nexus you could try yourself first. I know what you mean about the guy in the shop seeing the unlocked bootloader if he tried a different battery but you may be lucky in that he might not know what it is or you could just grab the phone and leg it ha ha
I hope it gets sorted and be sure to post here what happens. Take it easy.

jd1001 said:
Could well be a dead battery dude, if you have a mate with a Nexus you could try yourself first. I know what you mean about the guy in the shop seeing the unlocked bootloader if he tried a different battery but you may be lucky in that he might not know what it is or you could just grab the phone and leg it ha ha
I hope it gets sorted and be sure to post here what happens. Take it easy.
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Thanks, hope it get's sorted out. Have to send the phone back, because it was imported, so no chance of legging it
Will post the outcome.

As promised the followup:
Luckily they didn't notice my GN was rooted etc. as today I received a brand new one after I sent the broken one in to an official Samsung repair center
I did test some things before I sent it in though, a friend just bought a new one and we tested if my battery worked in his phone (it didn't) and we tested his working battery in my phone (it didn't work either), so something was definitely very screwed up.
Haven't got any idea of what went wrong eventually as the repair service didn't offer any details, although I am off course glad I got a brand new one.

Any hope for my HARD, yes HARD BRICKED galaxy nexus?

So I recently ****ed my gnex 6 ways from sunday. Im talkin no screen no dl mode no fastboot. NOTHIN, ZILTCH. When plugged into comp i get the noise over and over again as if im removing and repluggin the cord repeatedly. sometimes after 20 minutes of that it will finally show up in device manager as unknown device or OMAP440. but thats rarely and it dont stay long. Im no noob and this seems a clear cut case of a Hard Brick. But I beg of you, PLease prove me wrong. Thanks all.
Got the jig. Yup, this thing is ****ed. Probly gna send it to the big S jus to see what they gotta say. Thanks to all those who helped.

I'm pretty sure there is a usb jig that will force odin mode. If that doesn't work I think you'd be screwed. Here's a video on how to make your own jig. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKRrTZayRxU
Or you can buy one already made for $5.50 US at http://usbjig.com/

What were you flashing when this happened?

a little info on how this happened can help.
Are you unlocked and rooted?
Did you drop the phone?
If you call the phone, does it ring?
In other words, is it your screen that's broken? I recently returned a rooted HTC thunderbolt with a non functioning screen back to stock to take advantage of factory warranty.

Sorry to be vauge. to clear things up;
No, Never Dropped, still looks brand new. Definately not the screen. This things a brick. And I was running a linux installer last i'd seen the phone but i had left it unattended for probably 15 mins or so. Also, heard the jig dont work on these, can anyone elaborate? Thanks

Linux installer? No, what exactly were you doing or flashing?

Thats it. Nothing else was going when i left it

billard412 said:
Thats it. Nothing else was going when i left it
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I think he meant "What Linux installer?"

Send it to a service center and say "I downloadz app and it won't turn onz"
I can tell you that motorola was good about rooted phones being serviced, not sure about Samsung.
Sent from my francoPhone

billard412 said:
Sorry to be vauge. to clear things up;
No, Never Dropped, still looks brand new. Definately not the screen. This things a brick. And I was running a linux installer last i'd seen the phone but i had left it unattended for probably 15 mins or so. Also, heard the jig dont work on these, can anyone elaborate? Thanks
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That wasn't much better. You need to tell us step by step exactly what you did leading up to this problem. Be specific as possible.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium

There's multiple reports of the Galaxy S II jig working with the Gnex. I hope this helps. There is a forum on another website I can post the link if you want with a confirmed report of the jig working.
Anyway here's the link to buy the jig $1.60 with free shipping is a pretty good deal to save a $600 phone. http://www.dealextreme.com/p/unbric...msung-t959-i9000-i897-m110s-i8700-i9100-93514
Good Luck

Other than this, w w w . androidzoom.com/android_applications/tools/linux-installer_fuxq_comments.html , the phone was doing nothing else. started the setup process walked awayfor a bit, came back and BRICK.

ChongoDroid said:
Send it to a service center and say "I downloadz app and it won't turn onz"
I can tell you that motorola was good about rooted phones being serviced, not sure about Samsung.
Sent from my francoPhone
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and this is why we can't have nice things....
this is one of the reasons why phone companies are so against unlocking bootloaders. people screw up their rooted, unlocked phones and then send it back to vzw or the manufacturer to cover the bill.
if you're going to root your phone and mod it, then man up and accept the consequences when you derp it.
not saying the op isn't going to accept full responsibility, but your advice is what's wrong w/ some in this rooted community.

Since the linux installer is only using chroot then one would think that it is simply adding its distro to the system partition then chrooting to start. How this bricked you is puzzling. There's no flashing operation here...
I'm guessing hardware failure. The coincidence is hard to ignore though. However, you weren't there when it actually died so who knows what happened.

i was flashing stock ICS 4.0.4 with Odin and then half way through an error came up. so i removed closed Odin from the PC and tried redoing it. and then it was saying analyzing files.
and so i closed it again and restarted the phone. and what came on the screen was a sign, with a phone dots an exclamation mark dots and a monitor. i think thats when the phones bricked rite? any help?

jaadey said:
i was flashing stock ICS 4.0.4 with Odin and then half way through an error came up. so i removed closed Odin from the PC and tried redoing it. and then it was saying analyzing files.
and so i closed it again and restarted the phone. and what came on the screen was a sign, with a phone dots an exclamation mark dots and a monitor. i think thats when the phones bricked rite? any help?
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not bricked at all mine did it
happened to me do you have version 1.85 of odin and do you have a propper version of 4.0.4
odin 1.85 here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1394051&highlight=odin+stock
the 4.0.4 version i used here http://code.google.com/android/nexus/images.html
i had the same thing on my screen and it all worked fine the second time round.. i tried for a total of 8 hours doing different things but this worked with the latest odin.
make sure you load via the pda Make sure in the ODIN program "Re-Partition", "Phone EFS Clear", and "Phone Bootloader Update" are NOT checked.
hope that works. im a total novice but worked a dream

billard412 said:
Sorry to be vauge. to clear things up;
No, Never Dropped, still looks brand new. Definately not the screen. This things a brick. And I was running a linux installer last i'd seen the phone but i had left it unattended for probably 15 mins or so. Also, heard the jig dont work on these, can anyone elaborate? Thanks
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The jig DOES work, it IS a brick, and YES, YOU'RE F**KED
Sorry, but I canot say this, any politer ^^
And, please. Don't take me too hard but, I think you are still a n00b ^^
This has nothing to do with you post rate, or anything, like that... But, there IS no Linux installer, for the GNex ^^
BTW, try a battery pull, and leave it for a few hours, before posting anything else... It works wanders ^^ Maybe you just fried your phone, a tiny bit...

h_10 said:
and this is why we can't have nice things....
this is one of the reasons why phone companies are so against unlocking bootloaders. people screw up their rooted, unlocked phones and then send it back to vzw or the manufacturer to cover the bill.
if you're going to root your phone and mod it, then man up and accept the consequences when you derp it.
not saying the op isn't going to accept full responsibility, but your advice is what's wrong w/ some in this rooted community.
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The nexus has an unlocked bootloader, it's hard bricked. Samsung can cover the bill.
Poor Samsung..
Sent from my francoPhone

ChongoDroid said:
The nexus has an unlocked bootloader, it's hard bricked. Samsung can cover the bill.
Poor Samsung..
Sent from my francoPhone
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No, they can't and won't...
It's his OWN fault, for mucking round, with this delicate piece, of technology...
We ALL have to do this, on our OWN responsibility...
If he mucks up his phone, HE can pay for it...

h_10 said:
and this is why we can't have nice things....
this is one of the reasons why phone companies are so against unlocking bootloaders. people screw up their rooted, unlocked phones and then send it back to vzw or the manufacturer to cover the bill.
if you're going to root your phone and mod it, then man up and accept the consequences when you derp it.
not saying the op isn't going to accept full responsibility, but your advice is what's wrong w/ some in this rooted community.
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Sorry your post is so retarded I have to double reply.
Do you really think the tiny amount of repairs coming from botched hacks is the reason most companies are locking bootloaders? Like really..
My advice is what's wrong? Hmm..
Maybe the OP should "man up" and go buy a new handset instead of Samsung hiring some monkey for $12 an hour to hook his phone up to a jig.
...Jack wagon
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HELP! Samsung galaxy s2 sgh-t989 stuck in the ultimate boot loop.

Ok, so heres the deal. The s2 is my sisters phone, and she comes home and told me the phone wont turn on, that its stuck on the boot screen and it just keeps turning off and doing it again. So I started looking into it (Im an iPhone user, so I'm not too familiar with android devices. BUT I do know a bit about computers, cell phones and just technology in general). I ended up finding out that its stuck in a soft brick. So I started youtubing how to fix it. Found a great method using Odin3 and Samsung Kies. AND IT WORKED. I turned the phone back on, got past the lock screen and everything was all good.
After about 30 seconds, THE PHONE BRICKED AGAIN. And it went right back into the boot loop, I cant get it into download mode because it just keeps restarting after a couple of seconds. With that happening, I cant get the computer to recognize it so I can do a recovery fix with Samsung Kies. I legit cannot find any solution to it.
The thing that baffles me and is causing me a huge headache is the fact that THE PHONE IS NOT ROOTED. nothing has been done to it, its completely stock. So if there is no solution to it, can somebody at least tell me what might have been able to cause this?
Thanks to all,
Dariel

Probably bad sticky/stuck/sucky power button. That usually is the case when you can get into download mode but then it restarts.
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same problem
Teo032 said:
Probably bad sticky/stuck/sucky power button. That usually is the case when you can get into download mode but then it restarts.
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having the same problem... phone worked great for a while the with darkside evolution..ICS.. my phone began randomly restarting on a daily basis... but now it just in a boot loop.. it makes it to the darkside evolution screen and then will eventually power off and reboot.. sometime it just vibrates and never boots.... once in a while it will boot all the way and when it loads the power off mode pops up and i try to hit recovery but i ussually will just reboot...... absolutely frustarting.... took it to a phone repair guy ,said he took the power button off and it did the same thing to him... he said it was a corrupt operating system.... not sure he is right.. think its a bad power button..... dont know what to do.. cant send it to warramnty with it rooted with a custom rom..
IF ANY ONYONE CAN HELP,PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

But if thats the case, then how would I be able to fix it?

mikie86 said:
having the same problem... phone worked great for a while the with darkside evolution..ICS.. my phone began randomly restarting on a daily basis... but now it just in a boot loop.. it makes it to the darkside evolution screen and then will eventually power off and reboot.. sometime it just vibrates and never boots.... once in a while it will boot all the way and when it loads the power off mode pops up and i try to hit recovery but i ussually will just reboot...... absolutely frustarting.... took it to a phone repair guy ,said he took the power button off and it did the same thing to him... he said it was a corrupt operating system.... not sure he is right.. think its a bad power button..... dont know what to do.. cant send it to warramnty with it rooted with a custom rom..
IF ANY ONYONE CAN HELP,PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I doubt its a corrupt OS, because like I said in my original post; my sisters phone is completely stock. No custom rom, no root. Nothing. So I'm leaning more towards the bad power button situation.

darielwho said:
I doubt its a corrupt OS, because like I said in my original post; my sisters phone is completely stock. No custom rom, no root. Nothing. So I'm leaning more towards the bad power button situation.
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i agree.... just dropped off the phone to another cell phone repair shop.. hes gonna try to flash it to stock so i can send it in for warranty... should know about an hour... hopefully he can get it done.... i will post back when i know something......

mikie86 said:
i agree.... just dropped off the phone to another cell phone repair shop.. hes gonna try to flash it to stock so i can send it in for warranty... should know about an hour... hopefully he can get it done.... i will post back when i know something......
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Alright. Keep me posted. Im waiting for my dads friend to show up because his cousin or something owns a cell phone repair shop around my city. I'll post back up once I find anything else out. Godspeed. Lol.

darielwho said:
Alright. Keep me posted. Im waiting for my dads friend to show up because his cousin or something owns a cell phone repair shop around my city. I'll post back up once I find anything else out. Godspeed. Lol.
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still waiting to hear back... ask your dads cousin/uncle/friend/nephew if he knows a way to fry the operating sytem if my guy cant fix it.... think that may the only way to get it warrantied LOL..... maybe a tazer or a paper clip in the light socket?????

mikie86 said:
still waiting to hear back... ask your dads cousin/uncle/friend/nephew if he knows a way to fry the operating sytem if my guy cant fix it.... think that may the only way to get it warrantied LOL..... maybe a tazer or a paper clip in the light socket?????
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Im still waiting too -_-. Nothing yet. Im gonna keep looking into it and see if theres anything else that might have caused it

darielwho said:
Im still waiting too -_-. Nothing yet. Im gonna keep looking into it and see if theres anything else that might have caused it
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just heard back from my guy and he said he couldnt do anything either.... DAMMITT... he also said 3 other people showed up at his shop,after i left with the exact same issue as you.... stock roms and keeps rebooting... ordered the usb jig today... maybe that might help

mikie86 said:
just heard back from my guy and he said he couldnt do anything either.... DAMMITT... he also said 3 other people showed up at his shop,after i left with the exact same issue as you.... stock roms and keeps rebooting... ordered the usb jig today... maybe that might help
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As far as I read, with this problem, Jigs dont help because the phone turns off regardless if they're in download mode or not. goodluck tho.

I'm curious, did you all have the phone for a while, or did you recently get these phones? Sounds like a bad batch
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i had same prob on galaxy note and i found out that it was power key problem, it was moistored and phone was thinking that power button was allwayes pushed. JIG wont help it will go in download mode for 3 seconds.

Teo032 said:
I'm curious, did you all have the phone for a while, or did you recently get these phones? Sounds like a bad batch
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well I just came back from the phone repair spot. they took the phone apart and said that the motherboard is completely fried. Theres nothing that can be done for the phone. I guess its time to just move on a get a new phone. Thanks for the help regardless guys. Good luck to yous that still have this problem, hope the outcome is different. Live and learn.

wow
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cach wipe it

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wow
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cach wipe it
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i only had th phone for about 2 months.... think you might be right...

it sounds like a bad power button
Like its been posted before, it sounds like you have a bad (or stuck) power button. OK try this (it might or might not work) take off the battery, and with your finger start rubbing the power button from side to side (take in consideration not to do it too hard, you don't want to hulk rub the phone to death). while you rub the button make sure to hear the click click every time you go over it. after that connect the battery and see if it boots. it worked for me. granted sometimes the problem comes back, so in all honesty this AINT a fix, its more of a workaround. but who knows it might work for you as well. Best of luck.

mikie86 said:
having the same problem... phone worked great for a while the with darkside evolution..ICS.. my phone began randomly restarting on a daily basis... but now it just in a boot loop.. it makes it to the darkside evolution screen and then will eventually power off and reboot.. sometime it just vibrates and never boots.... once in a while it will boot all the way and when it loads the power off mode pops up and i try to hit recovery but i ussually will just reboot...... absolutely frustarting.... took it to a phone repair guy ,said he took the power button off and it did the same thing to him... he said it was a corrupt operating system.... not sure he is right.. think its a bad power button..... dont know what to do.. cant send it to warramnty with it rooted with a custom rom..
IF ANY ONYONE CAN HELP,PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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so i think these issues are different from OP. Though i can say, i did have the same issues you were describing.. im now happily on CM10 nightlies.. much faster and stable than the Darkside ICS rom!

Well I can verify that removing the power button from the mobo works brilliantly. No more boot loop on the t989 and nexus s. Only the middle and left or right side of the contacts need to be jumped to power it on. Remember it takes 10 seconds of holding a jumper there. Now where to find replacement buttons?
Hopes this helps guys.:good:
Alex K.
UbreakIfix technician.....

I think its a power button assembly problem. At first it would happen intermittently and it would go away till, no matter what I did, the phone would behave as if the power button was being pressed and not let go. It would happen more often when the phone would get moist due to rainy or humid conditions. So I opened up the phone, took the motherboard out and used a blow dryer on the power button area for about a minute, let it cool down and then reassemble (also blew some air in there just in case dust was causing the problem as well). The phone did not boot/reloop for a week. Then it started again, and I thought that maybe my case (d30 case) pushing on the power button really tightly all the time wasn't helping so, I cut away the are near the power button on my case and the problem has not come back in two weeks.
To Sum up....
Possible causes
-Tight cases pressing on the power buttons (Get a case that doesnt fit so tight on the phone, dont use one, or cut the power button area away from the case)
-Power button too sensitive to humidity and dust ( (disassemble , clean and heat the area up)
goood luck, my friend had the same problem before he traded it in to get an s3

Would it be possible?

My screen is cracked. And a friend wants to sell me his galaxy s3 (perfect screen but bricked) for cheap. Would it be possible to simply take the motherboard from my phone, and put it in the other phone? Or would me having a custom rom and recovery, mess up with other parts of the phone? I wouldn't think so, since all the main chips seem to be on the motherboard. But I just wanted to get the opinion of someone who probably has more knowledge of this stuff than me.
Sent from a galaxy far far away.

Very easy and yes it will work. Just had one apart today. Just pull screws on back. Back plate is 2 part. Pull all connectors from board. 2 score was and its out. Just be careful removing board. The volume and power buttons are fragile. Imei on plate under battery will be wrong but no biggie.
How bricked are we talking?
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using xda premium

bustedwings said:
Very easy and yes it will work. Just had one apart today. Just pull screws on back. Back plate is 2 part. Pull all connectors from board. 2 score was and its out. Just be careful removing board. The volume and power buttons are fragile. Imei on plate under battery will be wrong but no biggie.
How bricked are we talking?
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using xda premium
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Thanks and it gets stuck on the first samsung splash screen. I'm not sure what to make of it, I at least never heard of that kind of brick. But for 50 bucks, I'd rather take my chances with that rather than 200 for a whole new screen assembly.
Sent from a galaxy far far away.

What kind of brick is it exactly...if it boots up in any way it probably isn't completely bricked.

Eh Soft-bricked. Can easily fix but shouldn't tell him if you want his phone lol.
Basically, he only needs to get in download mode (vol down+home+power) and flash stock with Odin.

BWolf56 said:
Eh Soft-bricked. Can easily fix but shouldn't tell him if you want his phone lol.
Basically, he only needs to get in download mode (vol down+home+power) and flash stock with Odin.
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Yeah if you see a splash screen it's fine 99% of the time and just flash it stock... also depends on how good of a friend you are . I'd tell him

It won't go into download mode, that's the weird part about that brick, and why he's selling it to me for so cheap. recovery mode doesn't work either. Just shows the first splash screen and that's it a jtag (I think it's called) will probably get it to go into download mode, but whatever, I just want the screen
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luc.highwalker said:
It won't go into download mode, that's the weird part about that brick, and why he's selling it to me for so cheap. recovery mode doesn't work either. Just shows the first splash screen and that's it a jtag (I think it's called) will probably get it to go into download mode, but whatever, I just want the screen
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Eh, if it boots, it isn't hardbricked. JTAG probably isn't needed. You would be surprised how many people can't get in to DL or Recovery mode because they are doing it wrong. If you do buy his phone, I would restore it rather than risk swapping out screens and such.

cjranucci said:
Eh, if it boots, it isn't hardbricked. JTAG probably isn't needed. You would be surprised how many people can't get in to DL or Recovery mode because they are doing it wrong. If you do buy his phone, I would restore it rather than risk swapping out screens and such.
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A quick jig hit and it would be forced into download mode. But yeah, you're right. Usually it's user error :silly:

I bought it today and I definitely know how to get into download mode and it won't let me. Gonna get a precision screwdriver set tomorrow, then swap the boards thanks for your help everyone!
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